New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-31
THE HOSPITALITY OF KANSAS CIT,


President comes her way. We were sure Of II
when we heard OF that whole-hearted invitation
to him bound in soft, seductive sealslkln and
now assurance becomes doubly sure as we peruse
the superb poem with which she backs up the
scalslin. The poem is sort Of an annex to the
main invitation and is bound not In seals1n,
but in the handsome columns Of The Kansas
City Timesn 1t Is characterized by q restrained
not TO say bashful demeanor which harmonizes
exquisitely with the spirit Of the town. Hard,
hard indeed would be the Presidential heart that
G, uld resist its chaste and timid wooing. The
sweet, shy lyric would appear TO have been
written while the invitation committee was en-
route for Washington. We regret that we have
not room for the entire poem, but just cast your
eyes over these sample verses
Hold On Grover coming.
On Pullman train with banners.
Flushing past
Though Tho Ss We Q several days day ' behind her.
Our book rs done at last
It's daisy We are daisies,
Daisy Is the town we come from:
No flies there.
sur are soo ST .a%se also an s snra TFase''
Us no 1uttles scare.
This committees worth attention:
Money here
Both the paruos-no dissension.
Purpose clear
Ask Sam scott or Mayor Jim,
Ones Repub. tho other " DIM
Authorities, too, on beer.
II you'd like to hear a sample
OF genuine western oratory,
No slush meant,
After all the business clattcr
Let Sam Jim have vent
Give ms half chance, wen show you,
were the Wct,
st. Louis stopped Ten years back trying,
And went to rest
But she doesn't sngbtly
Our Queens step modest.
Be ready then to meet us. Grover.
Al tho train.
Don't walt for US but make your treatment
Very plain
Wear flannel shirts that cost dollar:
Wen think you only sane
Let the swalow-tail hang idio
style l. not our special feature,
We cont deny.
We como 70 talk OF western dofngs,
OF needs OF mon not ballroom coongs,
Don't trouble 10 stop high.
II IS rumored that one OF the features Of the
entertainment which is to be lavishly offered TO
President Cleveland while he tarries In Kansas
City, will he the chanting into hts ear OF this
poem by forty-eight young and lovely ladies OF
the town representing the thrty-eight States and
ten Territories II the rumor proves TO be correct
and IL had not been confirmed ut O. m To-
day-the effect cannot fail to be weirdly grand.
II is to be regretted In this era OF harmony that
Kansas City's poet laureate should have suffered
his muse 10 mop the uplsnds OF Parnassus with
st. Louis: and for the information touching
Sam Scott's and Mayor Jim relation to beer
IL Is. perhaps, not In superstrictly good taste
But In spite Of these triHng drawbacks what
captivating poem II is-and so modestl What
noble scorn Of the conventionalities OF an effete
civilization brcsthes In the srtless illusions to
Clcvelands collar and shirts and In the fine line:
LIT tho swAlov-tan hang idio
II President Cleveland does not enjoy himself
mt Kansas City TO the top of his bent, 1t will be
his own fault. There will not be foot OF
ground within her borders that viii not Rieam
with jubilant vcrmilon from the beginning TO
the end of his visit. She that kind Of town.
In the picturesque language Of her laureate, mo
flies there